Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Buford came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Buford in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Buford. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Buford data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Buford:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Shell Oil Road Map for Wyoming (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Buford is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Buford. See our Misc Page for Buford for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Buford:

Buford was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Buford as a scheduled stop:

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (train schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)